unreadable var_dump() output on Snow Leopard?

Question

I have xdebug configured as shown below but the error-output is totally unreadable. Do you have an idea what's wrong with the setup?

TIA & best regards

Setup: Apache/2.2.13 (Unix) PHP/5.3.0 on Snow Leopard Server

Config from php.ini:

xdebug.remote_autostart=0
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_host=10.0.1.9
xdebug.remote_connect_back=0
xdebug.idekey="macgdbp"
xdebug.remote_port=10000
xdebug.remote_handler="dbgp"
xdebug.remote_mode="req"

; profiler
xdebug.profiler_output_dir = "/tmp/xdebug/"
xdebug.profiler_enable = On

; stacktraces & var_dump() output config
xdebug.overload_var_dump=1
xdebug.show_local_vars=1
xdebug.collect_params=4
xdebug.dump.GET=*
xdebug.dump.POST=*
xdebug.dump_globals=On
xdebug.show_exception_trace=On

; codetracer
xdebug.auto_trace=On
xdebug.trace_output_dir="/Users/admin/Sites/xdebugtracer"
xdebug.collect_return=On

Output:

Notice: Undefined variable: files in /Users/admin/Sites/hanak4/scripts/jwplaylist.php on line 76 Call Stack: 0.0003 648584 1. {main}() /Users/admin/Sites/hanak4/scripts/jwplaylist.php:0 Variables in local scope (#1): $config = class stdClass { public $showFirst = 'youtube'; public $playFirst = '01 Hanak Heumarkt.flv' } $db_host = 'localhost' $db_link = FALSE $db_name = 'db_fernan' $db_pass = 'Yes6uf5eNa' $db_prefix = 'ing_' $db_user = 'usr_fernan' $e = *uninitialized* $fh = array (0 => '{"showFirst":"youtube","playFirst":"01 Hanak Heumarkt.flv"}') $file = FALSE $files = *uninitialized* $key = *uninitialized* $parts = array (0 => 'Hanak Jeckdance 2009', 1 => 'flv') $path = '.' $pointer = resource(7) of type (Unknown) $sql = 'SELECT * FROM ing_video ORDER BY id DESC' $videos = array (0 => '01 Hanak Heumarkt.flv', 1 => 'Center TV.flv', 2 => 'Express TV.flv', 3 => 'Hanak Jeckdance 2009.flv') $xmlstr = '\n\n\t '

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /Users/admin/Sites/hanak4/scripts/jwplaylist.php on line 76 Call Stack: 0.0003 648584 1. {main}() /Users/admin/Sites/hanak4/scripts/jwplaylist.php:0 Variables in local scope (#1): $config = class stdClass { public $showFirst = 'youtube'; public $playFirst = '01 Hanak Heumarkt.flv' } $db_host = 'localhost' $db_link = FALSE $db_name = 'db_fernan' $db_pass = 'Yes6uf5eNa' $db_prefix = 'ing_' $db_user = 'usr_fernan' $e = *uninitialized* $fh = array (0 => '{"showFirst":"youtube","playFirst":"01 Hanak Heumarkt.flv"}') $file = FALSE $files = *uninitialized* $key = *uninitialized* $parts = array (0 => 'Hanak Jeckdance 2009', 1 => 'flv') $path = '.' $pointer = resource(7) of type (Unknown) $sql = 'SELECT * FROM ing_video ORDER BY id DESC' $videos = array (0 => '01 Hanak Heumarkt.flv', 1 => 'Center TV.flv', 2 => 'Express TV.flv', 3 => 'Hanak Jeckdance 2009.flv') $xmlstr = '\n\n\t '

Answer 1

It looks like your error log is not reading (or adding) a newline character between each error (or is this just how it posted to SO?)

Note: when adding code or output to a question, use the code button in the editor - it's the one that looks like 101010.

Answer 2

Are you printing this between pre tags?

print '<pre>';
var_dump($my_var);
print '</pre>';

That should ensure the formatting is correct. I'm not sure why there are no colors.

Answer 3

You have to set

html_errors = On

in your php.ini, this allow xdebug to output correctly.